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S 679 117th Congress Senate Housing and Community Development Housing and community development funding Public housing State and local government operations

Public Housing Emergency Response Act

Introduced: March 10, 2021 Introduced by: Warren, Elizabeth Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 16, 2021
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
Mar 10, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Mar 10, 2021
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Public Housing Emergency Response Act

This bill authorizes additional assistance from the Public Housing Capital Fund to public housing agencies based upon capital need as determined by the agencies' most recent Physical Needs Assessment.

What's happening now March 16, 2021

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 598 Identical bill Public Housing Emergency Response Act
  • HR 235 Related bill Public Housing Emergency Response Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 6 Independent 1
D
Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Mar 10, 2021
 D
Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Mar 10, 2021
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Mar 10, 2021
 D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Mar 10, 2021
 D
Murray, Patty
Washington · Mar 10, 2021
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 10, 2021
 D
Smith, Tina
Minnesota · Mar 10, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 679: Public Housing Emergency Response Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-679/
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"S. 679: Public Housing Emergency Response Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-679/.
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S. 679, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-679/.
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